Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Department of Health
Departmental Reports
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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625. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by year, all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and publication date. [23699/15]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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It is the policy in my Department only to engage the services of external consultants where it is felt to be appropriate and cost-effective, taking account of Government decisions and policy on the matter. The information requested by the Deputy is presented in the following table for the period March 2011 to June 2014, as set out in my reply of and is as per my reply to the Deputy of July 2014
I will revert to the Deputy should the Department have engaged any consultants to prepare reports since then.
| Year | Organisation/ Consultants | Name of External Report | Current status of the Report | Amount/ Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sinéad Shannon | Review of the international evidence and literature on selection criteria for the Outcomes Framework (Whilst this piece of research which was commissioned in December and approved in January, no payments have been made to date) | Ongoing | 5,000 |
| 2013 | Prospectus Strategy Consultants | Review of Staffing Resources and Organisational Structure of the Department of Health | Report completed but not published, for Department's use only | 72,940 |
| 2013 | Deloitte and Touche Consultants Ltd | Review of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme | Ongoing | 36,900 |
| 2013 | Matheson Ormsby Prentice | Legal Research and advisory services on the design and implementation of an insurance based health system providing universal coverage in Ireland | Not Published | 123,000 |
| 2013 | Prof Oonagh Walsh | Report on symphysiotomy in Ireland, 1944-1984 | Not published | 49,500 |
| 2013 | Ernst & Young | Reports relating to the development of the Programme Management Office (cost includes a range of consultancy services) | Ongoing – internal reports | 79,212 |
| 2013 | Dr Sinead Hanafin & Associates | Review of the Traveller Health Advisory Committee | Finalised | 6,150 |
| 2013 | Prospectus | Overview of the development of the Health & Wellbeing Programme | Finalised | 15,156 |
| 2013 | Research Matters | Provision of Research Management Services | Ongoing | 74,490 |
| 2013 | Institute of Public Health | Analysis re Consultation (Tobacco Products Directive) | Completed - not yet published | 5,000 |
| 2013 | Professor Hammond | Research on Standardised Packaging- Irish Context | Ongoing | 5,000 |
| 2013 | CJP Consultants | Preparation of report on the efficacy of minimum pricing and other public policies for alcohol. | Published on website | 31,488 |
| 2013 | Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland | Annual Report of the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body (AMCMB) | Published | 21,115 |
| 2012 | McGee Pharma International | Labelling of Medicinal Products in both Irish and English | Completed | 13,644 |
| 2012 | Goodbody Stockbrokers and Matheson Ormsby Prentice Solicitors | Further Analysis of Options in relation to the restructuring of the Irish Private Health Insurance Market | Report completed | 62,349 |
| 2012 | Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with the assistance of PwC | Review of the Department of Health's Parliamentary and Legislative Processes | Report completed but not published - for Department's use only | 18,020 |
| 2012 | Department of Public Expenditure and Reform | A survey of experience and qualifications in the Department of Health | Report completed but not published - for Department's use only | None |
| 2012 | Michael Collins Associates | Supplementary Report and Addendum on Cost Comparison for the Dolphin Review Group | Completed not published, commercially sensitive | 12,423 |
| 2012 | John Martin | Further assessment of planning issues in relation to proposed sites for the Dolphin Review Group | Published | 6,000 |
| 2012 | Simon Clear | Further assessment of planning issues in relation to proposed sites for the Dolphin Review Group | Published | 9,475 |
| 2012 | The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCC, in conjunction with the Centre for Health Policy and Management, TCD. | The Efficiency Review of the BreastCheck Screening Programme | Published February 2013 | 71,270 |
| 2012 | Mr Gerard Mullaly | Reforming Chronic Care: Financing and Delivering Integrated Chronic Care | Not published | 5,227 |
| 2012 | Mr Gerard Mullaly | The Integrated Continuing Care System (ICCS): Reforming Elderly Care in Ireland | Not published | 7,558 |
| 2012 | Matheson Ormsby Prentice | Options Appraisal of multi-payer universal health insurance models: Preliminary advice | Not Published | 6,150 |
| 2012 | Department of Health / SIRA Consulting | Report on the baseline measurement of the administrative burden from the Department of Health (as part of a cross Departmental project coordinated by Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) | Published 2013 | 14,000 |
| 2011 | Goodbody Stockbrokers and Matteson Ormsby Prentice Solicitors | Commissioned to undertake are review of the Irish Private Health Insurance Market in Relation to the options which may exist for re-balancing | Report completed | 300,000 |
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